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charm. I loved my time at school and carry memories from then with me too. That Geoffrecognised the tie was probably coincidental more than causal in my appointment, though hewas there later in the formal governing body interview. I also recall bumping into the head ofGeography as I escaped from the 'holding room', for a brief moment to visit the facilities. He,too was an Old Josephian, one of whose brothers was in my year.I can remember being required to fill in the Kent County Council application form, after I wasappointed, in order to tie up the loose ends of recruitment; further evidence of the head'smaverick approach to procedures. I can even recall a discussion with him about the ChannelTunnel rail link which was a hot local political issue at the time as its planned route was throughmuch of the beautiful Kent countryside that has become our home. It is amazing to think that itwas such a big issue then but has become an integral part of Kent life in the 23 years since thatmoment. A bit like technology in my life, really.Readings/'Scriptures'At the time I was reading extensively around the vision and values of Catholic education. Onbeing appointed, I began to cast about for readings on IT. There simply was not the glut ofmaterial that exists currently, so I tended to focus on manuals and self-help guides that camewith each new piece of software and I learned very quickly the value of ! Most programs,located their 'inline help' behind this button. A few had a command if you went backinto the operating system. Incredible as it may seem, this was at a time when there was still arange of operating systems to choose from and MS-Dos was one among many - only to becomethe ubiquitous Windows Operating system a few years later.194Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thesis (October 2012)